Investors seek unique technologies, then some major customers. Passive RFID oversupplied; but opportunities for active RFID and software.

The market for RFID tags and systems in healthcare will rise rapidly from $90 million in 2006 to $2.1 billion in 2016. Learn more in our summary of our new research report.

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The fifth - and largest - IDTechEx event RFID Smart Labels USA event

As processes are scaled up and costs have to come down, we see printed electronics increasingly being made with traditional high speed printing technology, particularly as suitably thin, high integrity inks become available. Read about this battle.

RFID tags that do not contain a silicon chip are called chipless tags. The primary potential benefit of the most promising chipless tags is that eventually they could be printed directly on products and packaging for 0.1 cents and replace ten trillion barcodes yearly with something far more versatile and reliable. Learn more from exclusive new IDTechEx research.

The fifth annual event from IDTechEx, March 28-29, Boston, MA, USA, covers new ground with new key speakers.

Printing Electronics - prepare for a step change in the printing and electronics industries. Here we introduce the technology and explore new opportunities as the printing and electronics industry converge.

The requirements of the pharmaceutical industry are very different from those of any other industry and this is reflected in its rapid adoption of RFID. Learn how pharmaceuticals are pioneering the use of RFID.

Printed Electronics - announcing the breakthroughs